Owners Rep and Alternative Delivery

West Yost is working with SRWA to develop and implement a treated surface water supply to serve the cities of Turlock and Ceres, California. The declining quality and availability of groundwater supplies serving the customers of both Ceres and Turlock makes this regional project critical to ensure future water supply in this region. West Yost helped to develop a road map to construct the raw water facilities, treatment plant, finished water transmission mains, and the local distribution facilities necessary to connect with each City’s local system.

The City’s existing WWTP relies on a combination of conventional and natural processes to provide treatment. In order to comply with new, more stringent wastewater discharge requirements, the City must have new secondary and tertiary treatment facilities on-line by September 2017. The City decided to implement these improvements using the Design-Build (DB) procurement process, and subsequently selected West Yost to serve as the Owner’s Representative for this project.

West Yost is exploring the feasibility of entering into a 30- year concession agreements or long-term operation agreements for the City’s domestic water, recycled water, and wastewater collection systems. The City wanted to investigate alternatives for procurement of water and wastewater capital delivery and operations services. Services included preparing the RFP, technical appendices, and assistance in preparing the draft and final contract documents.